Vaalharts Irrigation Scheme

Vaalharts Irrigation Scheme

Vaalharts Irrigation Scheme is one of the largest irrigation schemes in the world covering 369.50 square kilometres in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. Water from a diversion weir in the Vaal River, near Warrenton, flows through an 812 km long network of canals, watering 1,250 farms of average size of 0.25 square kilometres each in the lush valley.


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  • Windsorton — is an agricultural town situated in the Vaalharts Irrigation Scheme on the banks of the Vaal River in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.The town started as Hebron, a mission station, but diamonds were discovered and the area was flooded… …   Wikipedia

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  • Harts River — It rises on the far southwestern slopes of the Witwatersrand and flows for 320 km (about 200 miles) in a southwesterly direction (mostly through very flat areas of the North West Province) before flowing into the Vaal River about 100 km above the …   Wikipedia

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